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    Beyond the Multiplex  Nov 7, 2009
    Certainly the rambling, episodic plot of "Woman on the Beach," which follows a group of discontented artistic types to an out-of-season resort on Korea's western coast, feels like something Rohmer would pursue ... Maybe it's one of those cyclical, cultural things, that scholars a generation from now will start to figure out, like the disappearance of the western ... I'm not discussing here the enormous Japanese and Korean horror wave of the '90s and 2000s, which has been highly influential in... (Salon)

    RBA Says Australia's Economy to Grow Faster Than Forecast, Rate Will Rise  Nov 7, 2009
    The economy will continue its expansion in 2011 and 2012 as companies boost investment in resources, including Western Australias A$43 billion ($39 billion) Gorgon liquefied natural gas project owned by Chevron Corp., Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell Plc, the bank said in todays quarterly monetary policy. Growth in business investment and exports is expected to be strong, underpinned by the ongoing expansion of the resources sector, the bank said. (Bloomberg -- Australia & New Zealand)

    Saturday's Sentinel police log  Nov 7, 2009
    A Upper Frankford Township woman responded to an e-mail purporting to be an attempt to update her AOL account information, after which someone attempted to make a $400 Western Union transfer at 11:39 a.m. Nov. 4 using her information. The bank denied the transfer, and police are investigating who stole the womans information. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)

    Budget trims lead homeless shelters across Mass. to cut services and beds  Nov 7, 2009
    Officials at the largest provider of homeless services in Western Massachusetts intend to cut their shelter s security detail. The changes, fallout from the budget cuts announced last month by Governor Deval Patrick, have stirred outrage among advocates for the homeless who call them unconscionable and argue that the state s most vulnerable population has been singled out. (Boston Globe)

    Islamic fashion  Nov 7, 2009
    Page last updated at 12:08 GMT, Friday, 6 November 2009. Fashion that adheres to Islamic rules is a largely untapped market and Malaysia is trying to position itself as the fashion capital for the Muslim world, says the BBC's Jennifer Pak in Kuala Lumpur. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)

    Troubles for a Deal — and for Obama — in Honduras  Nov 6, 2009
    That much was clear this week when the deal's chief U.S. negotiator, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon, confirmed that under its terms, the U.S. would recognize the election result even if congress declines to restore Zelaya. Shannon's statement prompted a frustrated Zelaya to send Secretary of State Hillary Clinton a letter asking her to "clarify to the Honduran people if the U.S. position condemning the coup d';tat has been changed for modified.". (Time.com)

    Olympic torch shines light on Gwich'in, Haida towns  Nov 6, 2009
    With the three months away, the traditional Olympic Torch Relay has been skirting Alaska's border in Western Canada, bringing the spotlight to villages that rarely get media attention. The torch was in the tiny of Old Crow, Yukon, on Wednesday, and villagers -- some in caribou skin clothing -- piled onto snowmachines to lead a half-mile parade. (Anchorage Daily News)

    Moore's Scratch Golf deal offers part-ownership  Nov 6, 2009
    While at UNLV in 2004, he won the U.S. Amateur, U.S. Public Links, NCAA championship, Western Amateur and Sahalee Players Championship. He also was a four-time NCAA All-America and low amateur at the 2005 Masters. (ESPN -- Golf)

    Loper pastors Warsaw, Carthage churches  Nov 5, 2009
    Her husband was called to pastor a church in western North Carolina and she went into interim ministry. Then in 2007 she accepted the ministry near New Orleans. (Carthage (Hancock County) Journal Pilot, IL)

    Corps starts $1B barrier for western New Orleans  Nov 5, 2009
    Corps starts 1B barrier for western New Orleans. (Created: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 12:39 PM MST). (Havre Daily News, MT)

    Buffetts Berkshire to buy BNSF Railway  Nov 4, 2009
    The railroad also ships a large amount of goods from Western ports including everyday items such as refrigerators, clothing and TVs. Analysts say Buffett is planting both feet in an industry that is poised to grow as the economy gets back on solid ground. (Gillette News-Record, WY)

    Buffett buys Burlington Northern for $34B  Nov 4, 2009
    The railroad also ships a large amount of goods from Western ports including everyday items such as refrigerators, clothing and TVs ... The city serves as the railroads eastern end point for its western U.S. routes, and locally, Metra commuter trains use the BNSF track. (Crain's Chicago Business)

    Buffett's Big Bet: $34B on 2nd-Largest Railroad  Nov 4, 2009
    It also carries everyday items such as refrigerators, clothing and TVs from Western ports like Los Angeles and Seattle. Berkshire will pay $100 a share in cash and stock for the rest of the company, more than a 30 percent premium on the Monday closing price of Burlington Northern shares. (ABC News -- Wire)

    Buffett’s Berkshire buying Burlington Northern RR  Nov 4, 2009
    The railroad also ships a large amount of goods from Western ports including everyday items such as refrigerators, clothing and Tvs. BNSF spokesman Gus Melonas in Seattle said the sale should not change operations in Montana. (Havre Daily News, MT)

    Betting on BNSF  Nov 4, 2009
    It also carries everyday items such as refrigerators, clothing and TVs from Western ports like Los Angeles and Seattle. Burlington Northern made about 31 percent of its money last quarter from shipments of consumer products from the West to major hubs like St. Louis, Kansas City and Chicago. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)

    Buffett in railroad buy-out deal  Nov 4, 2009
    The railroad also ships goods from western US ports including refrigerators, clothing and TVs. Berkshire Hathaway already owns about 22% of BNSF and said it will pay $100 a share for the rest of the company. (BBC News -- Americas)

    Ariz. Dad Ran Over "Westernized" Daughter  Nov 2, 2009
    Dad Ran Over "Westernized" Daughter - CBS News ... Dad Ran Over "Westernized" Daughter ... Faleh Hassan Almaleki, an Iraqi immigrant, is accused of running down his daughter with his Jeep because she had become too "westernized." (KPHO). (CBS News)

    If we leave Iraq, do we lose for good?  Nov 1, 2009
    You make a very powerful statement about the crisis of terrorism facing Western culture ... Western values of individualism and free expression would be obliterated under the fundamentalist regime sought by militant jihadists ... There is no clear way to define "victory" in this folly -- which tried to jump-start Western democracy in a country with none of our long traditions of civil law or free speech. (Salon)

    Ask the pilot  Nov 1, 2009
    And some of you might remember Western Pacific Airlines, the Colorado Springs-based operator, now defunct, whose "logojet" 737s advertised, among other things, hotel casinos and car rental companies ... Western Pacific went bust around the time that "The Simpsons" at last became completely unwatchable (1996 was the last tolerable season), and billboard schemes have remained, for now, occasionally and judiciously applied. (Salon)

    Faleh Hassan Almaleki  Oct 31, 2009
    Muslim Father Arrested for Running Over 'Westernized' Daughter - ABC News ... Muslim Father Arrested for Running Over 'Westernized' Daughter ... A woman's friends say her Iraqi father injured her for being too Westernized. (ABC News)

    Growing and Cooking Fresh Curry Lea...  Oct 31, 2009
    Some nurseries sell curry trees, however ensure you are buying the true Murraya koenigii and not the western herb Curry Bush or Helichrysum italicum which is a different plant altogether ... Curry leaves are used in South Asian cooking much like bay leaves are used in western cooking. (Suite101.com)

    Click to read:Scaring up Some Small-Town Excitement  Oct 30, 2009
    The First Heavy Snows of Autumn Hits a Large Swath of the Rockies and Western Plains. Phillies Take Game 1 Over the Yankees Behind Dominant Cliff Lee. (CBS News)

    * EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT  Oct 30, 2009
    Metamorphosis (h), a veteran jazz group that mixes Western music with traditional Taiwanese folk music, appears tonight at Riverside Cafe (ed). Tomorrow indie-rockers Love Manana (Rj) open for pop-punk rockers The Fen-Fens (). (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Donations flow to American Samoa  Oct 30, 2009
    His grandmother lived on an island in Western Samoa. Samoa tsunamis obliterate some coral, spare others. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)

    B'way reprise for Rocawear  Oct 28, 2009
    Nicholas Bell,who now owns the 160,000-foot building with his brother Robert and three sisters, said their grandfather, Dr. William Bell, had invested in Western railways and then a steam car plant that went belly-up ... Nicholas Bell, who now owns the 160,000-foot building with his brother Robert and three sisters, said their grandfather, Dr. William Bell, had invested in Western railways and then a steam car plant that went belly-up. (New York Post -- Business)

    Elaine Henry  Oct 28, 2009
    Best investment When The Smith Family was opening in an official capacity in Western Australia, we paid to fly a tertiary student we had supported from Sydney to Perth to tell her story. After dinner, she said she'd like to go straight back to her hotel room because she'd never had a room of her own. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)

    Lions, radio station team up for winter clothing effort  Oct 28, 2009
    Today, the Christmas to Remember Foundation, along with Hometown Radio and underwriters Jackson Lions Club and Western Calaveras Lions, continue the work that started so long ago. Last year, through the generosity of area service organizations, employee organizations and countless individuals, new winter clothing was purchased for more 700 children from Amador and western Calaveras county schools ... Funds raised are used to purchase new clothing for area children and youth who are identified... (San Andreas Calaveras Enterprise, CA)

    Answers target specific age groups  Oct 27, 2009
    Cody is losing its western image to bikers (motorcycles) ... Among responses to What do you think best defines western culture in Cody Country ... The western dress of shop owners and attractions. (Cody Enterprise, WY)

    Alleged teen burglars victimized celebs  Oct 27, 2009
    Most of the group were classmates at a continuation school in Agoura Hills, set atop a leafy incline in an upscale neighborhood in the western San Fernando Valley next to a traditional high school. BMWs and Audis were parked in the student lot Monday, and some of the nearby roads mark off horse trails for equestrians. (AZCentral -- News)

    Max & Erma's files for Chapter 11  Oct 27, 2009
    which has two Louisville restaurants, filed for Chapter 11 protection from creditors in United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on Friday. The restaurant s operational headquarters are based in Columbus, Ohio. (Louisville Business First, KY)

    Vehicle was without driver for 4 blocks before impact  Oct 27, 2009
    The car veered north on 19th for several hundred feet past intersections with Broadway, Western and Prairie. According to the police report, the car eventually drifted west across 19th Street and went onto the sidewalk toward Stoke, who lives a short distance from the accident scene. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)

    In praise of the veil (part the second)  Oct 26, 2009
    Indeed the Empress Farah never veiled and wore glamorous Western attire. It was too much too quickly. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)

    AP News in Brief  Oct 24, 2009
    Iran's acquiescence would be a boost to Obama administration efforts to curtail Tehran's nuclear program and ease Western fears about its potential to make nuclear weapons. . (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)

    The Anti-Capitalist Impulse on the Right  Oct 24, 2009
    In his book, Luxury: The Concept in Western Thought, Eden to Smollett, John Sekora notes. (T)he pursuit of luxury, however considered, was viewed as a fundamental and generic vice from which other subordinate vices would ensue. (Townhall.com)

    Police Hunt for Dad in Attempted Honor Killing  Oct 23, 2009
    Arizona Police Hunt for Muslim Father Who Ran Over 'Westernized' Daughter - ABC News ... Police Say Faleh Hassan Almaleki Believed His Daughter Was 'Too Westernized ... "He felt she was becoming too westernized and he didn't like that.". (ABC News)

    Frontier bringing Denver service back to Louisville  Oct 23, 2009
    The airport has worked diligently over the past 12 months to re-establish vital links to top business destinations in the western United States, said Skip Miller, executive director of the , in a news release. The new Frontier flights will depart from Denver at 11:15 a.m. and arrive in Louisville at 3:42 p.m. They will depart Louisville at 4:25 p.m. and arrive in Denver at 5:27 p.m.. (Louisville Business First, KY)

    Camille Paglia  Oct 23, 2009
    This gives the idea that "the debate" about the issue of women's rights is centered on a Western fault -- that of denying women the right to cover her hair, which is at best a minor news item ... While there was a mini-list of Muslim ideas and inventions (including the questionable assertion that we owe our "mastery of pens and printing" to the Arabs), no comparable credit was given to the enormous Western contributions to science, medicine and technology ... But the gravest omission was that... (Salon)

    > Louisville receives brownfield grant for Park Hill Corridor  Oct 22, 2009
    Its eastern boundary stretches into portions of Old Louisville and the western fringes of the University of Louisville's Belknap Campus. The area includes existing businesses, shuttered businesses, a public housing complex and scattered pockets of homes. (Louisville Business First, KY)

    Government school uniforms must be sewn where they would distributed  Oct 21, 2009
    Paul E. Aidoo, Western Regional Minister, said clothing to be distributed under the free school uniform project, must be sewn locally to boost the confidence and capacity of the country's Small and Medium scale Enterprises (SMEs). Mr. Aidoo said this when the national executives of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) paid a courtesy call on him at his office in Sekondi on Monday. (Ghana Web, Ghana)

    * Taiwanese tapestry  Oct 21, 2009
    The Japanese architecture, Chinese landscape painting, comic book figures and Western consumer items, unsystematically arranged on a canvas that includes an archeological find, underscore Lees point that a conglomeration of influences shaped Taiwans cultural identity, and each influence can only be understood in the context of the others. Lees use of diverse styles also reflects his democratic approach to art. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)

    Dangerous crossing gets MDOT attention  Oct 21, 2009
    Morris also said some of the embankment on the north side of the intersection will be cut away to make the western horizon more visible, and that bids on the project to raise the grade of the infamous "dip" just before the intersection on Highway 84 eastbound should be awarded sometime close to the end of October. He said that has been an ongoing project since 63-year-old Janice Allen was killed in a midday accident at Laird's Crossing on May 12. (Brookhaven Daily Leader, MS)

    Meat sellers testify in Iowa slaughterhouse trial  Oct 20, 2009
    Yisrael Kagan, owner of Glatt Western Kosher in Los Angeles, testified that after the raid, he sent the plant an advanced payment of about $700,000, which he expects to lose because the plant filed for bankruptcy months later. Kagan said he once bought 95 percent of his kosher meat from Agriprocessors. (Muscatine Journal, IO)

    Betty Finds Key to Unlocking the Secrets of Mad Men  Oct 20, 2009
    Next up: making a Western Union Telegram feel like a vital piece of communications. Wearing a dress isn;t going to help you with Western Union,; Kinsey grumps. (Multichannel News)

    America's coolest small towns  Oct 20, 2009
    "Not only is there no traffic, there's no traffic lights," says Dennis Rowden, who runs Spanish-meets-Western housewares store Pancho's with his interior decorator wife, Lorraine (Tubac Golf Resort & Spa, ). While the Western charm is obvious, Tubac's sophistication is a subtler surprise. (CNN)

    London September Retail Sales Rose the Most in More Than a Year, BRC Says  Oct 19, 2009
    Middle Eastern investors returned after Ramadan, and the pounds weakness against the euro continued to attract western Europeans, the BRC said in a statement. These results offer retailers a glimpse of optimism in the all important run-up to Christmas, said , director general of the BRC. But consumer confidence is volatile and could easily slip back. (Bloomberg -- UK)

    How Turkey Was Lost  Oct 19, 2009
    Once the apotheosis of a pro-Western, dependable Muslim democracy, this week Turkey officially left the Western alliance and became a full member of the Iranian axis ... Since the Islamist AKP party first won control over the Turkish government in the 2002 elections, led by AKP chairman Recip Tayyip Erdogan, the Turks have incrementally and inexorably moved the formerly pro-Western Muslim democracy into the radical Islamist camp populated by the likes of Iran, Syria, Hizbullah, al-Qaida and... (Townhall.com)

    * Colombo may lose trade privileges: EU  Oct 18, 2009
    Colombo came under heavy pressure from Western nations, including those in Europe with large Tamil populations, because of civilian deaths in the final phase of the war against the Tigers, which ended with the separatists defeat in May. Last year, the government said it would neither cooperate with the EUs investigation nor allow investigators into the country. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    UAE air force plane carrying arms, admits pilot  Oct 18, 2009
    The C-130 Hercules among the biggest transport aircraft in the world was on its way to Xiangyang, China, from UAEAF's Western Air Command base in Abu Dhabi. Although the UAE government had the necessary clearances from Indian authorities for the flight to land in Kolkata, it had not informed that the aircraft would be carrying weapons. (India Times, India)

    Mass. police: Victim finds robber applying for job  Oct 17, 2009
    Police said a woman put a forged $50 check in a church offering plate and stole a woman's wallet from a pew in the same western Pennsylvania church. New Brighton police Chief Charles Van Fossan said Tuesday that police were still searching for a 20-year-old woman. (Fresno Bee)

    An ACORN-Friendly, Big Labor-Backing, Tax-and-Spend Radical in GOP Clothing  Oct 16, 2009
    They have a record of being among the most corrupt in the Western World. One of my own nephews is CURRENTLY still in the Merchant Marine industry. (Townhall.com)

    Chelmsford shelters, schools homeless children  Oct 16, 2009
    But each day about a dozen students climb off at the bus stop closest to the Best Western Chelmsford Inn on Chelmsford Street, which they call home because their families have nowhere else to go ... Last year, Chelmsford schools welcomed about 50 students living at the Best Western ... According to Yeoman, once the district learns of a child moving into the Best Western, his secretary visits the family at the hotel and helps them fill out registration forms. (Chelmsford Independent, MA)

    Full 7th Circuit Leaves Verbal Complaints at Employee's Own Risk  Oct 16, 2009
    Last year U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb, who sits in the Western District of Wisconsin, dismissed the 2007 lawsuit by Kevin Kasten, an hourly production worker. The judge concluded that Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics hadn't retaliated under the Fair Labor Standards Act when it fired him after he failed repeatedly to comply with policies for punching in and out on a time clock. (Law.com)

    Cambridge police log incidents: Week of Oct. 15  Oct 15, 2009
    Oct. 11, 4:09 a.m., a Western Avenue apartment was reportedly broken into by a drunk who entered the unlocked home, disturbing the housemates. The man made a threat before leaving a few minutes later. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)

    Veganism's New Era  Oct 15, 2009
    A 1999 meta-study of five studies comparing vegetarian and non-vegetarian mortality rates in western countries found the mortality rate due to ischemic heart disease 26 percent lower among vegans compared to regular meat eaters, but 34 percent lower among ovolactovegetarians and those who ate fish but no other meat. No significant difference in mortality was found from other causes. (Suite101.com)

    Australians: Origins to Eureka  Oct 15, 2009
    The major themes thereafter are familiar: famine and starvation; fornication and families; Irish revolt and Rum Rebellion; free settlement and republicanism; explorers; the colonial press; the founding of Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria; Aboriginal massacres; lost white women; the end of transportation; swelling democracy; coloured labour and Chinese gold diggers; and, finally, the achievement of democracy or, more accurately, masculine democracy, though this is not an issue that... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Vice President defends style of dressing  Oct 15, 2009
    Mr Jinapor noted that Mr Mahama feels good in African wear although he does not shy away from Western clothing. "Mr Mahama simply wants to wear the smock, booboo, kente, jumper or anything traditional. Even when you spot him in coat and tye, he looks unassuming and modestly dressed for the occasion. "The Vice President believes that his new appointment in life is the best opportunity for him to showcase the African Personality and market made- in- Ghana products. (Ghana Web, Ghana)

    North Korea reportedly fires 5 missiles  Oct 14, 2009
    North Korea fired five short-range missiles into the sea on Monday and declared a navigation ban in waters off its eastern and western coasts, according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency. Images. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)

    Streets give up secrets on Scenic Route app  Oct 14, 2009
    An 11-year Western Addition resident, she is a collector of "odd stuff" about the city. "When you live in San Francisco, everyone you know wants to come and stay on your floor, so I give a lot of tours naturally," she said. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Afghan's resignation further clouds election  Oct 14, 2009
    But Barakzai's angry broadside underscored a growing rift between President Hamid Karzai and his Western patrons. The departing commissioner, though officially neutral, is considered a Karzai ally. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)

    Attack raises fears over Pakistan's nuclear arms  Oct 14, 2009
    While complex security is in place, much depends on the Pakistani army and how vulnerable it is to infiltration by extremists, said a Western government official with access to intelligence on Pakistan and its nuclear arsenal, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject. Analysts say a more realistic scenario would involve militant sympathizers getting work as scientists at the facilities and passing information to extremists. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Reverse migration  Oct 12, 2009
    "I wanted to know what life was like in western China, in a rural area. I wouldn't have had this opportunity if I had gone to work straight after graduation. It's been very important for me." ... The money they've sent back has made a huge difference to people's lives here, but still western china struggles to keep up with the more affluent coastal provinces. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)

    Here's how to say 'learn' in Nepali  Oct 12, 2009
    One important lesson is that the climate in Western Pennsylvania includes four seasons. "Many of the students come from warm climates where they only wear sandals or flip flops," said social worker Sarah Dunn, who operates the center. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    2009 Help Them To Hope Campaign kicks off ... Repair work slated ... Priorities set for H1N1 vaccine ... Local health officials gear up for H1N1 threat ... Help Them To Hope kicks off 2009 campaign ... Cougar hunting plan draws protests ... Diversity conference ... Supreme Court upholds Idaho murder judgement ... Idaho jury acquits Dad in girls death ... FBI confirms jailed man is Idaho slaying suspect ... Teen convicted in rural Oregon killing ... Oregon ranchers ponder mobile slaughterhouse ... ';var marqueewidth="440px";var marqueeheight="25px";var marqueebgcolor="#";////NO NEED TO EDIT BELOW THIS LINE////////////var pauseit=1;var marqueespeed=1 //slow speed down by 1 for NSvar copyspeed=marqueespeedvar pausespeed=(pauseit==0)? copyspeed: 0var iedom=document.all||document.getElementByIdif (iedom)document.write(''+marqueecontent+'')var actualwidth=''var cross_marquee, ns_marqueefunction populate(){if (iedom){cross_marquee=document.getElementById? document.getElementById("iemarquee") : document.all.iemarqueecross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8+"px"cross_marquee.innerHTML=marqueecontentactualwidth=document.all? temp.offsetWidth : document.getElementById("temp").offsetWidth}else if (document.layers){ns_marquee=document.ns_marquee.document.ns_marquee2ns_marquee.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8ns_marquee.document.write(marqueecontent)ns_marquee.document.close()actualwidth=ns_marquee.document.width}lefttime=setInterval("scrollmarquee()",20)}window.onload=populate;function scrollmarquee(){if (iedom){if (parseInt(cross_marquee.style.left)>(actualwidth*(-1)+8))cross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(cross_marquee.style.left)-copyspeed+"px"elsecross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8+"px"}else if (document.layers){if (ns_marquee.left>(actualwidth*(-1)+8))ns_marquee.left-=copyspeedelsens_marquee.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8}}if (iedom||document.layers){with (document){document.write('')if (iedom){write('')write('')write('')write('')}else if (document.layers){write('')write('')write('')}document.write('')}} 2009 Help Them To Hope Campaign kicks off  Oct 11, 2009
    Drop-boxes will soon appear at various locations in the communities around Eastern Oregon and western Idaho to collect donated non-perishable food items, toys and clothes, which are delivered a growing number of families and individuals. Agencies will start taking names of people or families needing help Dec. 1. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)

    Gang activity causing rise in local crime rate, residents told  Oct 10, 2009
    We have a lot of gang members in Western Maryland. . (The Herald-Mail Online)

    Travel Briefs  Oct 9, 2009
    Tsala Treetop Lodge s, South Africa: Located between the coastal towns of Plettenberg Bay and Kynsna on the Garden Route of the Western Cape, from 370 ... More than 50 events are on the program, including art shows, music, cowboy poetry and even a Western fashion show ... Other events include an exhibition of Western furniture and home accessories, studio tours, a gallery walk, ranch tours, concerts, and a real estate auction. (Carroll County Times, MD)

    Sex and pistachios: Nut marketing gets racy  Oct 9, 2009
    Past campaigns by trade groups like the Western Pistachio Association focused on health and nutrition. This one is unabashedly suggestive. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)

    Performing the Other an Article by...  Oct 9, 2009
    Whether referring to sacred prostitution cults of Kumano bikuni, who were nomadic nuns of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, or to the sexual component of the Western artistic avant garde, Ono s performance piece highlights the importance of the role that Asian bodies played in the crucial years of the development performance art. Resource. (Suite101.com)

    When the community is tainted by a few  Oct 8, 2009
    Great road trips include US 6 in Northern Pennsylvania, Skyline Drive, Blue Ridge Parkway, and most back roads in Western Pennsylvania. Favorite Biker Song: No favorites, but I really like "Hot Rod Heart" by John Fogerty. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    Fast Retailing Full-Year Net Income May Rise 25% as Uniqlo Chain Expands  Oct 8, 2009
    Based in Yamaguchi, western Japan, the company aims to boost sales to 5 trillion yen by 2020. It expects China, the U.S. and Europe, and Asia excluding Japan and China, to each account for 1 trillion yen of revenue by 2020. (Bloomberg -- Japan)

    * Stellar Stella  Oct 7, 2009
    These days Stella, her husband Alasdhair Willis (ex-publisher of Wallpaper magazine, founder of the British design company Established , their sons Miller, four, and Beckett, one, and daughter Bailey, two, spend their weekdays in west London and weekends in a Georgian house on the Gloucestershire/Worcestershire border in western England. Rather poignantly for someone born into celebrity and making a career in fashion, McCartney is quite unusually unphotogenic; shes far more attractive in the... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Additions to Lodi Street Faire impress, but chamber seeks improvements for next year (1144)  Oct 6, 2009
    One of the more unusual vendors was Bogolani Designs, an Oakland business that sells items hand made by the Baule people from the Ivory Coast of western Africa. Items included clothing, purses, a leather laptop computer cover and a wooden door with intricate carvings. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)

    Plus ca change  Oct 6, 2009
    Maybe it is from reading and listening to Western media reports, but it is uncanny how, unbid, many people interviewed - men and women - have mentioned sexual violence, with a sense of foreboding, shame and sorrow. "This is new," I thought. (BBC News -- Africa)

    Native wine holder still available in the Hills  Oct 5, 2009
    50 Native American pieces since they started carrying them in the spring and that tourists buy them because they love Western art. "They just think it's cool, or they use it in their decorating," Allard said. (Rapid City Journal, SD)

    Victor 'Vic' Jack Warning  Oct 5, 2009
    Memorial contributions may be made in memory of Victor Warning, to St. Vincent De Paul Society 855 S. 2nd St., Pocatello, ID 83201 or Hospice & Palliative Care of Western Colorado, P.O. Box 24, Delta, CO 81416. Arrangements are under the direction of Crippin Funeral Home & Crematory, 802 E. Main St., Montrose, CO 81401 (970) 249-2121. (Montrose Daily Press, CO)

    Saugus Police log Oct. 1  Oct 5, 2009
    Western Avenue resident went to the station to report his plate compactor valued at $1,800 was stolen from his business, 8:32 a.m.. Manager from Applebees reported a break into the building. (Saugus Advertiser, MA)

    Home Events Guide  Oct 4, 2009
    Best Western Sycamore Inn 6 E. Sycamore St. Oxford, OH 45056 513-523-0000 ... Other schools affiliated with the MAC are Akron, Ball State, Bowling Green, Buffalo, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Northern Illinois, Ohio University, Temple, Toledo, and Western Michigan. (Muredhawks.com)

    Things to do around town this weekend  Oct 4, 2009
    Celiac Conference --The New England Celiac Conference will be held at the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel, 181 Boston Post Road West, Marlborough, Saturday, Oct. 3. This day-long meeting will provide information about celiac disease to both patients and professionals. (Hudson Sun, MA)

    Hollywood flair visits impoverished Miss. Delta  Oct 3, 2009
    After working for different studios, including Walt Disney, his big break came on the set of Waynes 1963 western McClintock ... Theres the weathered Western hat that had to be fitted for Sam Elliotts big head. (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)

    Search widens in effort to ID human remains  Oct 3, 2009
    At least four people in western New York and northwestern Pennsylvania have disappeared in recent years. Charles E. Stiles Jr., 53, of Townville, was reported missing in June 2008 after friends and neighbors did not see him for more than a month, police said. (Erie Times-News, PA)

    How a Basic Income Program Saved a Namibian Village, Dialika Krahe, Spiegel Online  Oct 2, 2009
    Most farmers in the area agree with Lttwitz, and so do most people in the Western world ... Haarmann and his wife Claudia, both of them economists and theologians from Mettmann in western Germany, were the ones who calculated the basic income for Namibia. (Harper's Magazine)

    Recession Rising Like Phoenix With Property Delinquencies Surging Fivefold  Oct 2, 2009
    Phoenix and other southern and western cities such as Atlanta, Houston and Dallas grew because they offered an affordable lifestyle to middle-class Americans, said , an economics professor at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. That growth has slowed. (Bloomberg)

    Health care in Massachusetts: a warning for America  Oct 1, 2009
    Some patients in western Massachusetts must wait more than a year for a routine physical exam. Waiting times for specialists in Boston are longer than in comparable cities in other states and have gotten worse. (Christian Science Monitor)

    Cosatu threatens W Cape  Oct 1, 2009
    Cosatu in the Western Cape is threatening to bring the province to a standstill in support of the clothing workers who have been on strike to press a wage claim. Protesting that the strike is an attempt to defend then workers' right to sick leave, Tony Ehrenreich, the provincial secretary of the trade union federation, said that the executive director of the Cape Town Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Albert Schuitmaker, is clearly trying to align his organisation with policies of the ruling... (iAfrica.com)

    H. Arline (Grigg Weidner) Ewald  Oct 1, 2009
    Both she and her husband learned to fly in 1941, and Arline was the first woman in western Kansas to receive her private pilot s license. During the World War II, she joined Walt in several locations in the United States where he trained pilots. (Montrose Daily Press, CO)

    NY plans to reinstate Empire State Games  Sep 30, 2009
    In addition, a newly formed Empire State Games Advisory Committee, whose membership includes Ed Rutkowski, former Buffalo Bill and State Parks Western District Regional Director; Susan Gordon Ryan, long time supporter of the Games for the Physically Challenged; and Dennis Ryan, SPHR, Financial Advisor, NPA Financial Services and Empire State Games volunteer and supporter for more than thirty years. The group will assist in soliciting donations and sponsorships for the Games from private... (Hudson Register Star, NY)

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